Eric Hayes spent the first two years after graduating Marylandin 2010 playing basketball in three different countries and moving closer to his ultimate goal - becoming a coach like his father, Kendall, who had coached for years in Northern Virginia and stopped to watch his son play for the Terps. Hayes split the fall of 2010 and the winter of 2011 between professional teams in Spain and Lithuania, then played last season in the NBA's Developmental League in the birthplace of professional football - Canton, Ohio.

Both Logan Aronhalt and John Auslander began their college basketball careers at other schools before coming to Maryland. But they will start their coaching careers with the Terps. Both were officially added to Mark Turgeon's coaching staff Thursday as graduate assistants. Aronhalt played the 2012-13 season at Maryland as a graduate student after transferring from Albany. Auslander played three seasons in College Park after a year at Division III Greensboro College. The two former Terps join Steve Asher, who is in his second year as a graduate assistant.

Stephen Strasburg says he's not feeling snubbed. The Washington Nationals rookie pitcher said Tuesday that he understands why he was left off the National League All-Star team and that he isn't ready for the midsummer classic. "You look at the guys who are going to the All-Star Game and the years that they've had — and they've done that since Opening Day," Strasburg said in his first comments since the selections were announced Sunday. "I haven't been here since Opening Day. They deserve it. Hopefully, someday I'll deserve it, too."

Less than a month after being named Maryland's director of basketball operations, Cliff Warren was promoted Tuesday to an assistant coach position. Warren, 46, replaces Scott Spinelli, who left last month for a similar position at Boston College. To fill the basketball operation job, Maryland hired Nima Omidvar, who spent the past three seasons as the video coordinator at North Carolina State. The addition of Warren gives Mark Turgeon the most experienced assistant he has ever had in his 16-year head coaching career.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The NCAA attacked the cost-containment issue yesterday by passing tighter limits on the number of coaches a member school can employ, but many opponents warned the measures could keep younger people out of the profession.By Aug. 1, 1992, Division I-A football coaches will be able to have eight full-time assistant coaches and four "restricted-earnings" coaches, a new umbrella term used to describe part-time, volunteer and graduate assistant coaches. Some universities will have to release as many as three assistants by Aug. 1, 1992, and University of Maryland athletic director Andy Geiger said the Terps are one over the new limit.

Haukur Palsson , a 6-foot-6, 215-pound forward from Iceland, has made an oral commitment to the Maryland men's basketball team. Palsson, who selected the Terps over South Florida, is spending his senior year of high school at Montverde (Fla.) Academy. He visited College Park for No. 22 Maryland's 79-72 win over No. 4 Duke on Wednesday. "He's very talented, and he's multidimensional," Montverde coach Kevin Sutton said. "He can play outside - he's shooting 52 percent on 2s and right around 41 percent on 3s. He's a very good free-throw shooter.

Forward Whitney Bays told the Journal and Courier of Lafayette, Ind., that she has transferred from Maryland to Purdue. She will have two years of eligibility starting in the 2013-14 season. The 2009 West Virginia Player of the Year appeared in 26 games last season with the Terps , averaging 10.1 minutes, 2.3points and 2.7 rebounds. Bays missed her senior season at Huntington High and her freshman season at Maryland because of an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Paralympics McFadden 1st in preliminary round of 800 meters T54 Tatyana McFadden (Atholton) won Round 1 of the women's 800 meters T54 at the London Paralympics on Tuesday, finishing in 1 minute, 47.66 seconds. She will compete in the final today. Women's swimming: Jessica Long , formerly of Middle River, won the silver medal in the 100 backstroke S8. Long surged from third place at the halfway mark and finished in 1:18.67. Earlier in the day, she won the heat in 1:21.75.

Less than a month after being named Maryland's director of basketball operations, Cliff Warren was promoted Tuesday to an assistant coach position. Warren, 46, replaces Scott Spinelli, who left last month for a similar position at Boston College. To fill the basketball operation job, Maryland hired Nima Omidvar, who spent the past three seasons as the video coordinator at North Carolina State. The addition of Warren gives Mark Turgeon the most experienced assistant he has ever had in his 16-year head coaching career.

Like many of his former Penn State football teammates, Rich Rosa remained close with his coach, Joe Paterno, as well as with defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, long after he graduated. Rosa spent a season on Paterno's staff as a graduate assistant and several more years helping Sandusky with his Second Mile program that worked with underprivileged and at-risk children. With last week's arrest of Sandusky on 40 charges of sexual abuse of minors, and revelations that Paterno was made aware at least one incident but never called police, the emotions Rosa feels range from sadness for the victims to anger for the men - Paterno in particular - that he held in such high regard.

Jake Layman's adjustment to college life in general at Maryland and basketball in particular was a bit more difficult than the other three freshmen who were part of second-year coach Mark Turgeon's first recruiting class. That he admittedly fell behind in his classwork - to the point where Turgeon benched him for the first half of a recent game for failing to turn in a paper - contributed to the issues he had on the court, the 6-8 forward said Monday. “I think me getting behind in school, which was a good learning experience for me the first semester, it turned into me not doing well on the court, too,” Layman said after practice at Comcast Center.

Eric Hayes spent the first two years after graduating Marylandin 2010 playing basketball in three different countries and moving closer to his ultimate goal - becoming a coach like his father, Kendall, who had coached for years in Northern Virginia and stopped to watch his son play for the Terps. Hayes split the fall of 2010 and the winter of 2011 between professional teams in Spain and Lithuania, then played last season in the NBA's Developmental League in the birthplace of professional football - Canton, Ohio.

Paralympics McFadden 1st in preliminary round of 800 meters T54 Tatyana McFadden (Atholton) won Round 1 of the women's 800 meters T54 at the London Paralympics on Tuesday, finishing in 1 minute, 47.66 seconds. She will compete in the final today. Women's swimming: Jessica Long , formerly of Middle River, won the silver medal in the 100 backstroke S8. Long surged from third place at the halfway mark and finished in 1:18.67. Earlier in the day, she won the heat in 1:21.75.

Anne Zabel excelled as one of the Baltimore area's top girls lacrosse line defenders at Marriotts Ridge, where she was a two-time All-Metro player and a first-team selection this spring. Zabel led a Mustangs' unit that allowed just 3.9 goals per game and won Howard County and District V championships after winning the state title in 2011. A Greater Baltimore regional All-American and an Under Armour All-American, she will play in the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic at 5 p.m. Saturday at Towson University.

Forward Whitney Bays told the Journal and Courier of Lafayette, Ind., that she has transferred from Maryland to Purdue. She will have two years of eligibility starting in the 2013-14 season. The 2009 West Virginia Player of the Year appeared in 26 games last season with the Terps , averaging 10.1 minutes, 2.3points and 2.7 rebounds. Bays missed her senior season at Huntington High and her freshman season at Maryland because of an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

There was a moment in last Monday's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament final against Fairfield when Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos stared for several seconds toward the court during a television timeout, holding his two index fingers close together between his eyes and nose. Obviously angry, Patsos also seemed frozen, fixed on either a call he didn't like from one of the referees or a lapse from one of his players. Assistant coach Luke D'Alessio brought Patsos back to the huddle - and back to the moment.

Jake Layman's adjustment to college life in general at Maryland and basketball in particular was a bit more difficult than the other three freshmen who were part of second-year coach Mark Turgeon's first recruiting class. That he admittedly fell behind in his classwork - to the point where Turgeon benched him for the first half of a recent game for failing to turn in a paper - contributed to the issues he had on the court, the 6-8 forward said Monday. “I think me getting behind in school, which was a good learning experience for me the first semester, it turned into me not doing well on the court, too,” Layman said after practice at Comcast Center.

COLLEGE PARK - Maryland fans no longer get to shout out Rob Ehsan's name in pregame introductions as they once did, extending the first syllable so it came out "EEEEE-SAHN. " The 29-year-old was a popular assistant coach and important recruiter for three seasons under Gary Williams, and a graduate assistant and recruiting aide here before that. Now a Virginia Tech assistant, the boyish-looking Ehsan returns to Comcast Center Saturday for his first Hokies- Terps game since Williams retired in May. "I hope Comcast lets him have it," joked Maryland point guard Pe'Shon Howard, who said he planned to engage Ehsan in "talking trash.

COLLEGE PARK - Maryland fans no longer get to shout out Rob Ehsan's name in pregame introductions as they once did, extending the first syllable so it came out "EEEEE-SAHN. " The 29-year-old was a popular assistant coach and important recruiter for three seasons under Gary Williams, and a graduate assistant and recruiting aide here before that. Now a Virginia Tech assistant, the boyish-looking Ehsan returns to Comcast Center Saturday for his first Hokies- Terps game since Williams retired in May. "I hope Comcast lets him have it," joked Maryland point guard Pe'Shon Howard, who said he planned to engage Ehsan in "talking trash.

Like many of his former Penn State football teammates, Rich Rosa remained close with his coach, Joe Paterno, as well as with defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, long after he graduated. Rosa spent a season on Paterno's staff as a graduate assistant and several more years helping Sandusky with his Second Mile program that worked with underprivileged and at-risk children. With last week's arrest of Sandusky on 40 charges of sexual abuse of minors, and revelations that Paterno was made aware at least one incident but never called police, the emotions Rosa feels range from sadness for the victims to anger for the men - Paterno in particular - that he held in such high regard.